Project:  Al Mankhool Street Library Branch

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

BCI Library Furniture:  Opal Shelving System, Tricolore Children’s Library Furniture, Trioli Chairs

Original Web Link & Library Furniture Info:  Al Mankhool Public Library Page

Related BCI Links and Phone Numbers:

BCI Library Furniture Website Link For Opal Shelving System

BCI Library Furniture Website Link For Tricolore Library Furniture For Children

BCI Library Furniture Website Link For Trioli Library Seating For Children

Download Brochure for Opal Shelving System

Request FREE LIBRARY PLANNING SERVICES

BCI Eurobib Library Planning & Design Contact Phone Number for New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania:  201-825-1500

BCI Eurobib Library Planning & Design Contact Phone Number for New England:  508-635-4354

Note:  A special thanks to the Lammhults Library Design Group for providing marketing materials and support.

Project:  Conewago Township Elementary School

Location: Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

Architecture Firm:  EI Associates, Conewago Project Link

BCI Library Furniture Utilized:  60/30 Steel Shelving System, Bib Chairs.

Robert Schwarz of BCI Eurobib assisted EI Associates with library planning and furniture selection.  Installation photos of the BCI Eurobib library furniture utilized at this elementary school library shall be uploaded in the future.

BCI Eurobib encourages architects, interior designers and library directors to email (info@bcieurobib.com) their floor plans for a free evaluation and library planning suggestions. Our consultants will provide their expertise to advise on library furniture interiors, space planning ideas, and adherence to shelving & equipment budgets.

Architects, interior designers and library directors currently planning library construction projects should contact BCI Eurobib’s library representatives Longo Associates (www.longolibraries.com) to arrange an appointment. Longo’s experienced staff will be able to assist in evaluating library plans, design/drawings, budgeting, project management, furnishings and installation services.  Longo’s library consultants can be reached by emailing (info@longoinc.com) or calling 800-635-6646.

Related Web Links and Downloads:

Email Request For FREE LIBRARY PLANNING ASSISTANCE

BCI 60/30 Classic Steel Shelving System Website Link

BCI 60/30 Classic Steel Shelving System Brochure

BCI Bib Chair Website Link

BCI Bib Chair Brochure

Project:  Longsight Public Library

Location:  United Kingdom

Library Furniture:  White BCI 60/30 Classic Steel Shelving System.

Web link:  Library Furniture Information for Longsight Public Library

BCI Eurobib encourages architects, interior designers and library directors to email (info@bcieurobib.com) their floor plans for a free evaluation and library planning suggestions. Our consultants will provide their expertise to advise on library furniture interiors, space planning ideas, and adherence to shelving & equipment budgets.

Related Links:

Visit BCI 60/30 Classic Steel Shelving System Website Link

Download Brochure for BCI 60/30 Classic Steel Shelving System

Library Planning Information: FREE LIBRARY PLANNING SERVICES

BCI Library Design Contact Phone Number for New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania:  201-825-1500

BCI Library Design Contact Phone Number for New England:  508-635-4354

Note:  A special thanks to the Lammhults Library Design Group for providing marketing materials and support.

The Harmony music browser can now be lacquered in any color.  I have provided some helpful links and downloads for those interested in learning more about how to better display and store their library’s music CD and DVD collections.

Click HERE for Harmony Music Browser web link.

Download the Harmony Music & DVD Browser Brochure.

BCI Eurobib encourages architects, interior designers and library directors to email (info@bcieurobib.com) their floor plans for a free evaluation and library planning suggestions. Our consultants will provide their expertise to advise on library furniture interiors, space planning ideas, and adherence to shelving & equipment budgets.

BCI Eurobib has made the decision to discontinue the Piazza display product, along with the table and chairs known as Daniture, Center and Point.  These products shall be coming off our website shortly.

Please be aware of these changes if you have already designed library projects utilizing these products or were considering usage.  For alternatives, please contact BCI’s design team (info@bcieurobib.com).  BCI still provides free library space evaluations and library furniture selection advice to interested architects, interior designers and library directors.

Event: Open Session in Milan, IFLA

Date:  August 24, 2009

Download PDF:  IFLA (Milan) 2009 Session on Library Buildings and Equipment, Children’s Library Design Thoughts

Here is an article providing  a brief history of the children’s library and a wide diversity of opinions from library directors and library designers on what factors to take into account and themes to consider for these spaces.  Great reference for those public and school libraries considering building new children’s library spaces and/or renovating space to create new children’s sections within an existing library.

Here is an excerpt from the session:

The heart of the new library is a physical structure – the red thread – that twists and winds its way through the library, working both as a decoration and active communication tool and mediatory element for users and library staff. It mediates between three zones within the library: the meeting place, the quiet work place and the place for inspiration. The library in Hjorring does not have a division between areas for children or adults, they move around in each others zones. It was essential to create a sliding and balanced transition of offers for children, teens and adults. Thus the library has places for every taste and all generations, shared as well as separate.

Project:  Eccles Public Library

Location:  United Kingdom

Furniture:  BCI Slimline Shelving System with Integrated LED Lighting

The BCI Slimline Shelving System is a very specifiable library product.  Architects, interior designers, library administrators and directors interested in learning more about the benefits and design characteristics of BCI products should email info@bcieurobib.com for a FREE consultation.  One of BCI’s experienced library consultants will advise interested parties on the BCI furniture lines, space planning considerations and ADA guidelines.

Related Links:

Download Brochure for BCI Slimline Library Shelving System

BCI Website Link for BCI Lighting For Shelving Systems

Note:  A special thanks to the Lammhults Library Design Group for providing marketing materials and support.

Date:  October 22, 2010

Title:  Library Inc.

Created by Daniel Goldstein, Librarian at the University of California at Davis

Source:  The Chronicle of Higher Education

Web Link To Article: Library, Inc.

This was interesting library article forwarded to me by a concerned university librarian about the state of U.S. higher education libraries and their future direction.

From industry-backed research to CEO-style executive salaries and perquisites, the influence of corporate America on universities has been the subject of much popular and scholarly scrutiny. University libraries have largely escaped that attention. Yet libraries, the intellectual heart of universities, have become perhaps the most commercialized academic area within universities, with troubling implications for the future of higher education.